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Welcome to the Forum, Christine. Ashley Street was indeed severely damaged during the Birmingham blitz. A year or so later, it became the training ground for the Birmingham Home Guard Street Fighting School with the church as its base. This image shows a number of course members lined up...

All the best, Mike! Chris

A Small Boy's Diary: Thursday 8th April 1943 - "The Streetly Soldier" Thursday 8th April 1943....... It's been a busy week, for me and for my big brother. It was my seventh birthday yesterday. But I'm going leave telling you about that for another time. I haven't got room here. Instead...

Best wishes for a happy day for everyone. Chris

I'm afraid it's looking very likely that I shan't make it on Saturday, Lyn. Very disappointing for me but life is a bit too complicated just at the moment. Hope it goes well and thanks, as always, for making it happen. And good wishes to everyone. Chris

Probably a total red herring but this might just be worth a bit of looking into. Chris

Happy Birthday, Viv - a significant milestone, whether or not you want to be reminded of that! Chris

And his School Report for that time. (It tells us that one of the sisters was named Nellie). Chris

My elder brother, who was at Stretton Lodge between 1927 and 1931, recalled that there were three elderly sisters who ran the school. He thought that they had connections with Church Stretton and that this was the reason for the school's name. (It was ironic that when he was called up in 1942...

I am not aware of any reason why the Goosemoor Lane thread should remain closed and so I have unlocked it. https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/goosemoor-lane.29520/ Chris

A misreading of your post #12 I think, septerverius.

I quote Norman Tiptaft writing in the last months of the war: At present the number of private motorcars is considerably restricted. Those restrictions will not continue when manufacturers are able to produce new ones. With a higher standard of living which has obtained during the war period...

Strange that it's not displaying for you, Jeff. It looks OK on my system. I'll try another method. (It's in one of the linked pages anyway). Chris

Welcome to the Forum, Jeff, and thanks for the information. This is my opinion on the current location of Ashley Street: (See also my website pages dealing with the WW2 history of the street and especially this one where the above image appears...

Condolences to you, Gill, and thank you for advising members. Chris

Nice as sepia photos are from a nostalgic point of view, I think there's a bit more detail obvious in a b/w version. Not that it helps us much with identification. The only hope is perhaps a Lichfield local history group who might know a bit more of what the camp might have been, what sort of...

I agree with you there 100%, Vivienne. Current culture - and especially Facebook culture - dictates that everything online is up for grabs, it's free to do what one likes with it and why on earth should one spare a thought for the mug who has expended time and effort and possibly money in...

Thanks for that, John and Pete.. You sound pretty convinced, John, and I am too (well, up to about 98 percent!) The only slight reservation I have is the design of the mud wings. That range of Fords seem always to have had perfectly rounded wings, rather than the ones possessed by this coupe...

There's a Parish Councillor in Stockland, Devon by the name of Bryan Drew. His email address is online. Could he be the author? Very probably so. Why not try contacting him? Chris

Thanks for your interest in this. This is the last one in the series taken at the same time. The convertible behind the little boy. My immediate thought was a Ford Prefect convertible - I have seen one or two and remember them well. That was because of the chromium-plated boot hinges and the...